Example sentences of "[that] would have [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She went , with a glare at Luke Denner that would have turned a lesser man to stone . |
| 2 | Those critics of the police who argue that they took a partisan position can at least point to legal authority that would have justified a different approach . |
| 3 | Somehow containing her fury , she flashed him a smile that would have made a lesser man shrivel . |
| 4 | Luke Calder sat down on the settee , pulling Fran down next to him as he favoured her with a smile that would have made a lesser woman fall in a grateful little heap at his feet . |
| 5 | Emitting a stink that would have made a Tyryttiaki swamp mist seem fragrant . |
| 6 | Only then did the American boy notice his extraordinarily long curling fingernails , the mark of a high-ranking courtier that would have made a Western-style handshake awkward and discomfiting for both parties . |
| 7 | As they involved a great deal of the same work to bring them into effect — work that would have taken a considerable time — and would have imposed further contingent or actual liabilities on funds at a time when there was already considerable anxiety because of the uncertainty over the Barber judgment — |
| 8 | And , after two weeks that would have cracked a lesser man , Taylor proved he still has what it takes to ensure that England can qualify to be one of the outside contenders . |